Psalm
17:7-9 Show
the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take
refuge in you from their foes. Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the
shadow of your wings from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who
surround me.
A psalm of
lament
You have answered me, having
heard the earnest prayer of your son who had been lost to himself but is now
found by you. In you I sought fulfillment, peace, meaning, contentment; and in
you I have found refuge in this storm filled world.
In your image I stand and
reflect the vision you have for your creation. As an apple is reflected in one’s
eye, I stand as a reflection of your mercy, goodness and love. I am your image
in an imageless world. I am your image in a world of false images. All around
me is a world of enemies for they do not acknowledge you. Enemies of all sorts
surround those who seek purity and truth.
The enemies refuse to hear or see the
love revealed in Christ and reject what is offered in peace. Arrogantly they
reject as interfering the concern that takes form in your servant.
With desires set on their own stability and control, they seek to remove
any remnant that confronts and convicts their senses of the lies that they
believe and live. Enemies want to muzzle the messenger as he brings the truth
of the battle’s victory and their own loss. Defeated they cower behind lies and
man-made systems that elevate the things of man above the things of God.
Institutions, programs, systems, structures, governments, agencies stand to do
their god's will, man's will.
